{"product_id":"accidence-will-happen","title":"Accidence Will Happen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre standards of English alright - or should that be all right?\u003cbr\u003eTo knowingly split an infinitive or not to?\u003cbr\u003eAnd what about ending a sentence with preposition, or for that matter beginning one with 'and'?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe learn language by instinct, but good English, the pedants tell us, requires rules. Yet, as Oliver Kamm demonstrates, many of the purists' prohibitions are bogus and can be cheerfully disregarded. ACCIDENCE WILL HAPPEN is an authoritative and deeply reassuring guide to grammar, style and the linguistic conundrums we all face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A unique and indispensable guide to usage' \u003cb\u003eSTEVEN PINKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An immensely intelligent and playful polemic, cheeky and erudite by turns...certainly gets the blood pumping, so do read it' \u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A superb book' \u003cb\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786481430707,"sku":"9781780227955","price":639.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477289889781780227955.jpg?v=1762802726","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/accidence-will-happen","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}